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2600MHz
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Does this look fully colonized?
#23498359 - 08/01/16 01:13 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hi all. Need some advice. I've done the pf tek and I'm trying to move on to doing bulk. This go round I used:
Syringe of Panama cubes to rye berries Let that fully colonize, broke it up and added it to my substrate Substrate is coco pasteurized via the boiling water/bucket tek Also added vermiculite, gypsum and earthworm casings into the substrate mix The tray I put this all into is 3.5" deep I covered it with tinfoil, put very small hole in foil for fae, labeled it, stored it in a storeage tote in a dark closet and checked it 10 days later. It looks like this. Ready for FC?
Edited by 2600MHz (08/01/16 02:16 PM)
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: 2600MHz]
#23498367 - 08/01/16 01:16 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Top layer or evenly mixed?
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d0urd3n
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: 2600MHz]
#23498368 - 08/01/16 01:16 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Not yet. Looks like it needs for air. I'd poke a few more holes in that foil.
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Urmomma
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: d0urd3n]
#23498390 - 08/01/16 01:23 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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If you fruit it now it's going to continue to colonize for a while before it pins, so I say fruit it now if you want.
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2600MHz
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: Urmomma]
#23498493 - 08/01/16 02:14 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Evenly mixed, no casing layer. I'll pop a few more holes and wait it out. Thanks guys!
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: 2600MHz]
#23498833 - 08/01/16 03:56 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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12hrs light 12hrs dark is also good
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JacobStorm
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: oontribe]
#23499044 - 08/01/16 04:52 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah colonizing in the dark is really old info. Whats the tek your following??
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Urmomma
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: JacobStorm]
#23499056 - 08/01/16 04:59 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Well, the tray is covered in tin foil so it's gonna be pretty much in the dark no matter what.
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: Urmomma]
#23499071 - 08/01/16 05:04 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Light can get through the holes lol. I'm glad your growing really I am.
-------------------- Rogger Rabbits Mushroom growing videos Ethnobotanical garden forum Inocuole tea TEK azur said: If you like 6th grade results, then 6th grade projects are great.
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: JacobStorm]
#23499074 - 08/01/16 05:05 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah, I'm sure it's plenty bright under that foil!
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JacobStorm
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: Urmomma]
#23499091 - 08/01/16 05:09 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hey some is better than none. Am I right eh eh?
-------------------- Rogger Rabbits Mushroom growing videos Ethnobotanical garden forum Inocuole tea TEK azur said: If you like 6th grade results, then 6th grade projects are great.
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2600MHz
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: JacobStorm]
#23505252 - 08/03/16 11:35 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Holes have been poked. Trays moved into my grow room. I'm running 12/12 with a 1000W HPS in that room. The light is behind a double layer white plastic curtain, so it not even close to being in direct light, but it is getting light now. It seems to have helped a lot.
This is the first test tray I opened and y'all said to put in fc and wait it out.

This is one of the trays still under foil in the grow room with new holes in foil and 12/12 indirect lighting.
 It looks like the Myc is getting denser with the new changes.
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oontribe


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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: 2600MHz]
#23505372 - 08/03/16 12:04 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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65000k led close and direct would be a better option for fruiting.
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: oontribe]
#23505377 - 08/03/16 12:06 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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1000w HPS? What the fuck?? That's like, 150x more powerful than you need. A cheap 2 dollar daylight CFL would outperform the shit out of that.
Wrong color spectrum and everything... just.. wow, wtf. So much heat being generated by a light like that, you can't even run it without a fan. Which means you have a TON of moving air going on, which is also terrible for your grow. Probably getting that room 10 degrees hotter than it needs to be too.
Seriously, talk about swatting a fly with a rocket launcher..
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2600MHz
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: oontribe]
#23505386 - 08/03/16 12:08 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yup yup. I need to grab that still. HPS and MH is all I have right now though. I'm still very very new to this. The 6500k led is definitely on my wish list on Amazon.

The curtain in this pic closes.
Edited by 2600MHz (08/03/16 12:13 PM)
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2600MHz
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: Inocuole]
#23505406 - 08/03/16 12:11 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ambient temps in the room range between 69-72 Fahrenheit. And the lighting is behind a double layered white shower curtain. The light is for my medicine. I put the fc outside of the direct light. It's isolated from direct HPS.
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d0urd3n
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: 2600MHz]
#23505759 - 08/03/16 01:43 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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You don't need an LED. Like Ino said just go to Lowes and buy a 6500k CFL you'll get far better results. For two dollars. You don't need an LED from Amazon.
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oontribe


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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: d0urd3n]
#23505960 - 08/03/16 02:32 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Sorry my mistake
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d0urd3n
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: oontribe]
#23505974 - 08/03/16 02:35 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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No it's cool, I just don't want OP to wait to have to wait and order something more expensive than he needs when time is ticking. Proper lighting makes a big difference.
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2600MHz
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Re: Does this look fully colonized? [Re: d0urd3n]
#23507991 - 08/03/16 11:54 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks for the info. Stopped at my local gro dro shop and picked up a t5. Guy had one used for only 40$, bulbs included. I'll get it in tomorrow.
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